Report: Kalamazoo man killed in crash with semi in Wyoming

CHEYENNE, WY -- A Kalamazoo man died in a crash with a semi in Wyoming on Tuesday.

David V. Gumbleton, 24, was killed in a crash four miles east of Cheyenne on Interstate 80, according to a report by SweetwaterNOW, a news source in Sweetwater County, Wyo.

Gumbleton was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Robert Sucik, 23 of Kalamazoo, according to the report. The crash occurred when the vehicle drifted off the driving lane and into the emergency lane where a tractor trailer had stopped due to mechanical problems.

The vehicle struck the left back end of the semi with the impact causing the two vehicles to lock together. The passenger side of the vehicle went under the trailer, the report said.

It took emergency workers six hours to extricate Gumbleton from the vehicle and to investigate the crash, according to SweetwaterNOW. Police continue to investigate the crash and say fatigue may have been a factor.

Gumbleton was a 2007 graduate of Loy Norrix High School, according to his Facebook page.